Marguerite Definition

märgə-rēt, -gyə-
noun
Either of two cultivated plants of the composite family, Argyranthemum (or Chrysanthemum ) frutescens originally of the Canary Islands, or C. leucanthemum originally of Eurasia, having flower heads with white, pink, or yellow rays.
American Heritage

Daisy.

Webster's New World
Any of several cultivated chrysanthemums (esp. Chrysanthemum frutescens) with a single flower.
Webster's New World
Any of various daisylike plants of the composite family.
Webster's New World
A feminine name.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
  • Leucanthemum vulgare
  • white daisy
  • moon daisy
  • ox-eyed daisy
  • oxeye-daisy
  • Argyranthemum frutescens
  • Chrysanthemum frutescens
  • paris daisy
  • marguerite daisy
pronoun
A female given name borrowed from France in the 1860s.
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Other Word Forms of Marguerite

Noun

Singular:
marguerite
Plural:
marguerites

Origin of Marguerite

  • French from Old French margarite daisy, pearl from Latin margarīta pearl from Greek margarītēs margarite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French equivalent of Margaret, ultimately from Greek "pearl". The name has also been adopted for a cultivated daisy.

    From Wiktionary

  • From French marguerite

    From Wiktionary

Marguerite Sentence Examples

  • He loved Marguerite Lecomte, and taught her to engrave as well as himself.

  • A decree of the parlement (1606), obtained by Marguerite de Valois, deprived him of nearly all his possessions, including Auvergne, though he still retained the title.

  • By family she was entitled to the name of Marguerite de Valois; as the daughter of Charles d'Orleans, count d'Angouleme, she is more properly, and by careful writers almost invariably, called Marguerite d'Angouleme.

  • Marguerite was at once one of the chief patronesses of letters that France possessed, and the chief refuge and defender of advocates of the Reformed doctrines.

  • Marguerite died at Odot-en-Bigorre on the 21st of September 1 549.

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